De Blasio Tries to Improve Relations With Police While Maintain Liberal Support

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s support for so-called broken-windows policing will face a test in his second year in office as he tries to improve relations with police unions while maintaining support from a liberal base demanding change.

According to a person familiar with the matter, Mr. de Blasio told police union officials last week that he had no plans to change course on broken windows, a philosophy of policing in which low-level offenses are aggressively pursued in hopes of deterring more significant ones.

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